Friday, February 17, 2012
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1. HELPING CHEMISTS FIND JOBS IN A TOUGH MARKET. 2. TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CHEMISTRY JOB MARKET.
What's the job market like for chemists? Dude -- it's always bad.*
How bad is it? How the heck should I know? Quantifying the chemistry job market is what this blog is about. That, and helping chemists find jobs.
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(*For the literal-minded, this is a joke. Mostly.)
My favorite is the 500 pound gorilla in the first panel. Is the 6th shot your "actual environs?"
ReplyDeleteNo, it's a pic from here: http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/sites/biofoodtech/mitch_with_balls.jpg?6784
Delete1) I love that your clipart photo is "Mitch with Balls."
Delete2) I never knew you could make an entire career out of staring at rotovaps. Sounds absolutely thrilling...
More likely staring at the HPLC.
DeleteTruth!
DeleteVery good except in the engineers viewpoint you must have been holding up a mirror (although can't see the wallets as theirs are much bigger)
ReplyDeleteSecond. Engineers are way nerdier than chemists.
Deletehere is how you tell an extrovert engineer: when he is talking to you he is staring at your shoes (rather than at his shoes).
DeleteWe don't think of you as gorillas. Chimps, maybe...
ReplyDeletehttp://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/p480x480/427494_10150540451006561_569326560_9408612_1937382470_n.jpg
ReplyDeleteIf the shoe fits...
DeleteOh, this is brilliant! Love it.
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